The New Republic

The New Republic

Live Blog: The Second Republican Debate of 2016

The staff of the New Republic, led by senior editors Elspeth Reeve and Jeet Heer, is live-blogging the two Republican primary debates hosted by CNN on Wednesday night. The undercard begins at 6 p.m. with Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki. The main event, at 8 p.m., features the top eleven candidates in polling average: Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich.